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Date:         Wed, 13 Jun 2012 10:37:42 -0700
Reply-To:     Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
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From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon Syndrome Fix: 10 Volt Capacitor OK?
Comments: To: neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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Coming in late, so may have missed this, but sounds like a TPS adjustment to me. Or maybe I should go back into my hole.

Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus

On Jun 12, 2012, at 11:31 PM, neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Ya I feel a little sheepish for suggest the melting idea, especially since

> I hadn't really tried it out! As for the wire stripper idea, I managed to > expose one wire... barely. I see now how the knife is the way to go. > > The cap is installed but made no difference to the slight-medium surging at > ~ 2K RPM's, foot off gas, or foot lightly on gas. It may have smoothed out

> the idle but I'm not certain of that. > > Time to reread the Bentley and Pro Training Digifant stuff again and go > through everything on engine I can. It may simply be a worn throttle shaft

> (video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEGAgefVyQY ) affecting ability to > get an accurate throttle valve switch setting, but the way I have the > switch set now, (hair past specified max of 0.10 mm) I know it closes at > idle every time, engine cold or warm. > > Neil. > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 9:25 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > > I've been doing some of this the last few days - gauge project and the >> resulting foil repairs, grr. >> >> All David wrote in other message is so true. >> >> And trying to use wire stripper to make bare spots in the bight, so to >> speak, did not work out for me. I went back to sharp knife. >> >> alistair >> >> >> > > > -- > Neil n > > 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp > > '88 Slate Blue Westy to be named. > > '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: > > http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines


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